103 Lincoln Street- Temple B'nai Sholom

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Chautauqua is a festival that began in the early 1900's on the school grounds of East Clinton Street School.  It consisted of traveling performance arts groups as well as many of the local singing, dancing, storytelling, and musical groups.  East Clinton has carried on the tradition of holding a citywide festival each year in commemoration of this event.  Unfortunately the school was forced to cancel this festival about 15 years ago due to lack of support.  We began working in 2001 to begin the tradition of Chautauqua again.  Our goal is to have this be an annual city wide festival that the people of Huntsville look forward to each fall as they have in the past.  Chautauqua is a fabulous venue to focus on Huntsville history, the performance arts, unique local organizations, and the surrounding community.  Check the Events Calendar for details on this year's celebration.

Historic Homes Tour Part of Chautauqua Celebration

103 Lincoln Street- Temple B'nai Sholom

There were Jewish people in Huntsville by the time of the early development of the community.  Jews who stayed during the 1840's became the first members of the Temple B'nai Sholom. 

Congregation B'nai Shalom was founded July 30, 1876 by 32 families. B'nai Shalom means Sons of Peace. They affiliated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations in 1877. Construction of the Temple began in 1898 and it was dedicated on November 26, 1899.  Chairman of the building committee was Isaac Schiffman. Architecture is primarily of the Romanesque
Revival style with influence of the Renaissance Revival style in the west front gable.  Architect R.H. Hunt of Chattanooga designed the Temple.  Exterior restoration was completed in 1994.  Temple B'nai Sholom is the oldest synagogue in Alabama in continuous use.

103 Lincoln Street- Temple B'nai Sholom
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